River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-17
FUNERAL OF THE ANARCHISTS.

A Large but Orderly Crowd Follows
Their Remains 20 the omb-rhe Pa
geant Viewed by 100, 900 Persons As 1t
Marches Through Chicago's streets
FieIden and schwab Taken to Joliet.
CHICAGO. Nov IA great eoncourse Of
people followed the remains of August
Spies, Adolph Fischer, Albert Z. Parsons,
George Engel and Louis Lingg, the dead
Anarchists in their funeral procession yes
terday. The day was warm. and early in
the morning crowds wended their way to
Milwaukee avenue, down which thorough
fare the parade passed Leaving Milwaukee
avenue il proceeded south on Desplaines
street to Lake, within half block of the
fatal spot at which the Haymar-
ket bomb was exploded thence east
on Lake street to Fifth avenue and south
TO Polk street. where the Wisconsin Central
train was taken to Waidheim Cemetery.
Although there We're probably 100, 900 per-
sons massed along the line OF the process
sion there was no disorder The entire
ceremony, from the homes to the ceme-
terry, was conducted with as much quiet as
possible in so vast a throng. The floral
offerings were many and beautiful
The people began to gather at the Spies
residence as early as O'clock in the morn
ing Shortly after that hour the public
were admitted 10 the house. A continual
stream of men and women viewed the re-
mains until little after IL O'clock, when
preparations We're begun for the transfer of
the body to its last resting plaza The
grief of the stricken mother at
this time was 20 gnant and most ex-
cessive. Her lamentations were woful in
the extreme Miss Van Zandt, Spies proxy
wife, also deeply mourned the loss of him
whom she undoubtedly loved The sisters
and brothers of the dead Anarchist wept
constantly. Captain Black, the devoted adj
vocate of the Anarchists in and out of
court his wife and several neighbors did
all in their power to assuage the grief of the
afflicted ones. At a few minutes past
noon it was announced that the
hearse had arrived The casket was
placed in the hearse, and escorted by mem
bers of the Aurora Turn Nerein and the
Bakers Union TO the number of about 500
proceeded down Milwaukee avenue to
Paulina, where Il halt was made while the
hearse containing the body OF Fischer fol-
lowed by carriages containing the mourners
came into line.
At Fischer's late home had occurred dur
ing the morning scenes similar to
those enacted at the Spies residence.
Hundreds viewed the remains during
the smOrning Mrs Fischer wept
boAblhuhli1s anu inc pour Woiiidu laSt WIZ
pallid and haggard At this point the Ger
man Typographical Union No. 9, 100 MEM
beers of the Central Labor Union and body
of women, go strong, members of the
Fortschri tt Aid Society, joined in the pro-
cession.
The march was again begun, the next
stop being made at the home of
Mrs Parsons, where the hearse con-
tanning the remains of her dead hus-
band wheeled into line Here had con-
gregated an immense throng The floral
offerings here, as well as at all the other
places, were numerous and OF the most ele-
CANT designs Mrs Parsons grief was most
terrible in its intensity. AS the procession
rOyed away to the slow and swaying meas
ure of dirge many of the women in the
throngs wept
The silver plate on the casket containing
Parsons remains bore the following inscrip-
ton: